Stegosaurus

Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Ornithischia
Family	Stegosauridae
Group	Dinosaur
Rank (PBDB)	genus· Paleobiology Database
Author	Marsh 1877· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)	Chordata › Ornithischia › NO_ORDER_SPECIFIED › Stegosauridae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)	162–93.9 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences	86· Paleobiology Database

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Stegosaurus — Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887 — Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887 — Smithsonian Institution (NMNHPALEO), Smithsonian Open Access, CC0

Stegosaurus — Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887, NON-TYPE (NHMUK PV R 36730) — Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887, NON-TYPE (NHMUK PV R 36730) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

Stegosaurus — Stegosaurus Marsh, 1877 (NHMUK PV R 6336) — Stegosaurus Marsh, 1877 (NHMUK PV R 6336) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

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Cite this article

Stratum Strata. "Stegosaurus" (Taxon). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/stegosaurus. Accessed 2026-09-21.

BibTeX · CSL-JSON

@misc{stratum-stegosaurus,
  title        = {Stegosaurus},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/stegosaurus}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, pbdb, commons, wikidata, smithsonian, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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